A fight Thursday morning led to the arrest of a Las Vegas attorney on two assault charges with a deadly weapon. When Metro Police officers arrived they found a man with a gun who was subdued by two other men in the parking lot.

A 24-year-old woman who died after a collision with a motorist allegedly driving under the influence on Sunday has been identified. The Clark County Coroner's Office said Angela Nichole Peterson of Las Vegas died from several traumatic injuries after a pickup truck collided with her Pontiac Sunfire about 1:13 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Flamingo Road.

McCarran International Airport traffic continued its decline in passenger counts in October, but the trend showed signs of easing. The passenger count dropped 1.3 percent in October compared to last year, from 3,560,497 passengers last October to 3,513,663 this year.

An 18-year-old North Las Vegas man has been released from University Medical Center after an alleged exchange of gunfire that left a Metro Police officer dead Thursday morning at his North Las Vegas home.

A suspicious package was found outside the Meadows Mall in western Las Vegas about 8:30 a.m. today, prompting security guards to call police and firefighters. It was later determined the item was an employee's lunch box.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a Metro Police officer fatally shot Thursday morning in his North Las Vegas home. Saul Williams Jr., 20, and Prentice Marshall, 18, were charged with murder in the death of 30-year-old officer Trevor Nettleton, a three-year veteran of the Metro Police department. Marshall was shot during an exchange of gunfire that occurred in the garage of Nettleson's home and was taken to University Medical Center for treatment.

A Las Vegas street gang member was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to murder a man during a 2004 shootout at a North Las Vegas apartment complex.

A 33-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions and a 66-year-old man with no underlying medical complaints have become the latest Southern Nevada deaths from the novel H1N1 flu strain, health officials said.

A teenage girl walking to school was a target during an attempted abduction last week and Metro Police today are asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted in the incident. Police released a sketch of the man today.

A Metro Police motorcycle officer has been taken to a hospital for a checkup after a traffic incident at U.S. 95 and Interstate 15. The officer was involved in a collision at eastbound U.S. 95 and Interstate 15 that shut down the southbound onramp leading to I-15 from U.S. 95, police said.

The Southern Nevada Health District is suspending regular services Wednesday to concentrate on giving H1N1 flu vaccine to priority groups and extending immunization clinics to three schools on Saturday.

The nuclear industry's lobbying arm has suggested that work continue on a license request from the Energy Department to build a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, even though President Barack Obama has signaled an end to it.

Metro Police have taken a man into custody who was holding a child hostage in the western Las Vegas Valley this afternoon. Shortly after 3 p.m. today, officers responded to the report of a man holding a child at knifepoint, Officer Bill Cassell said.

Metro Police served six search warrants today on residences and clubhouses allegedly linked to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. Police and SWAT members swarmed a Hells Angels clubhouse in the 800 block of North Torrey Pines Drive.

A 17-year-old boy recovering from injuries related to a pipe bomb blast this past weekend that left a man dead in the northeast valley was no stranger to making explosive devices, according to a Metro Police arrest report released today.

A 6-year-old North Las Vegas boy and a 17-year-old boy have died from H1N1 influenza complicated by underlying medical conditions, the Clark County Coroner's Office said today. Two 54-year-old residents also died from the H1N1 flu strain.

A 6-year-old North Las Vegas boy and a 17-year-old boy have died from H1N1 influenza complicated by underlying medical conditions, the Clark County Coroner's Office said today. Two 54-year-old residents also died from the H1N1 flu strain.

A two-alarm fire ignited about 2:30 p.m. Monday, damaging at least one building in the northwest Las Vegas Valley. Las Vegas firefighters responded to the scene at 7720 Horse Drive near Buffalo Avenue.